A character in Amarcord (1973)

Grandpa quotes from Amarcord (1973)

Tied for 3rd most-quoted character in Amarcord (1973): in 4 of its 23 quotes

A line from Grandpa [Standing outside in a fog]

Where am I? I don't seem to be anywhere. If death is like this, I don't think much of it. Everything's gone. People, trees, birds, wine. Well, up yours!

More lines from Grandpa

3 quotes
Grandpa

My father's father was known as "Big Meat." He lived to be 107 and he was still doing it!

Grandpa

So when I was little, he taught me to eat at 11:00 in the morning, before the sun burns your head, and at 4:00 in the afternoon. Otherwise food is like poison that gets into your blood.

Grandpa

My father's father used to say, "To be fit as a fiddle, you have to piddle. To be fit as a frog, pee like a dog."

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